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Viola Amherd

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Viola Patricia Amherd (born 7 June 1962) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2019 to 2025, and as President of the Swiss Confederation for 2024 between 1 January and 31 December. She was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport. Amherd was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC) before it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre (DM/LC) in 2021, which she joined. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viola Amherd is the 6,400th most popular politician (up from 6,755th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 178th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Viola Amherd ranks 6,400 out of 19,576. Before her are Chunghye of Goryeo, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Sheng Shicai, Theodora Komnene, Friedrich Kellner, and Emperor Go-Ichijō. After her are Pierre Gemayel, King Zhao of Zhou, Morihiro Hosokawa, ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Johan Ferrier, and Rómulo Betancourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Viola Amherd ranks 63. Before her are François-Henri Pinault, Ales Bialiatski, Bob Odenkirk, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Marie Trintignant, and Marcia Cross. After her are Abdulla Aripov, Dino Merlin, Harlan Coben, Andreas Köpke, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and Felicity Huffman.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Viola Amherd ranks 164 out of 1,015. Before her are Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Jean-André Deluc (1727), Marcel Bezençon (1907), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Albert von Kölliker (1817), and Ulrich of Augsburg (890). After her are Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Karin Keller-Sutter (1963), Pascal Couchepin (1942), Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Emer de Vattel (1714), and Peter Sauber (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Viola Amherd ranks 13. Before her are Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945), Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867), Judith of Habsburg (1271), Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), and Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980). After her are Karin Keller-Sutter (1963), Pascal Couchepin (1942), Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938), and Louis of Cyprus (1436).

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